[Bambule]

My flow open finally finished 200 hours of break-ins. Of course my brain might burn in, too
Whatever, they sounds really great. Still have some minor flaws, but extremely enjoyable and pleasing.

Bass is here. Midrange is here. Top-end is here. Resolution is here. Soundstage and image are here. To me, flow successfully justified their four-figure asking price. I am also happy that all these can be achieved with relatively humble gears (some TOTL cans really require a lot to reach this level of satisfaction. My previous sr009 was one of them.)

This all sounds so great, for weeks now the flows are my number one to get. (Please consider, I'm getting a headphone once in ten years, last two headphones for me are hd590 and pm3, ok since the hd and the pm's it's 13 years, and now I'm considering a new headphone after 6 months owning the pm3, this is not against the oppos, I love them, but I realized, that I want an open one at home, so the next one will be an open one, and then for sure for ten years, I'm serious!),
That's why I'm interested in hearing also the negative about ether flow?

 

[sp0525]

That's why I'm interested in hearing also the negative about ether flow?

 
Well, not very serious indeed. No single headphones are perfect, aren't they

 
To my ears, flow is a little bright. This is not bad at all, but very few tracks revealed some hint of sibilance (but much less so than hd800s).
Also compared with other TOTL cans, flow showed a few weaknesses. To my ears, Utopia (matched with Dave) had slightly better stereo imaging ability. And I felt SR009 (matched with BHSE) sounded a bit cleaner.
 
Perhaps such things can be improved by matching more synergetic gears, which might be my next steps with flow.
 
Anyway, I think that flow open is almost perfect for me

 

[franz12]

   
Well, not very serious indeed. No single headphones are perfect, aren't they

 
To my ears, flow is a little bright. This is not bad at all, but very few tracks revealed some hint of sibilance (but much less so than hd800s).
Also compared with other TOTL cans, flow showed a few weaknesses. To my ears, Utopia (matched with Dave) had slightly better stereo imaging ability. And I felt SR009 (matched with BHSE) sounded a bit cleaner.
 
Perhaps such things can be improved by matching more synergetic gears, which might be my next steps with flow.
 
Anyway, I think that flow open is almost perfect for me

What about dynamic punch? Is it better with Ether Flow? Compared to HD800S, I found that my Ether C lacks dynamic punch quite a lot, which is pretty much noticeable when I listened to classical music.

 

[sp0525]

  What about dynamic punch? Is it better with Ether Flow? Compared to HD800S, I found that my Ether C lacks dynamic punch quite a lot, which is pretty much noticeable when I listened to classical music.

 
Good point. Although I cannot AB flow and ether c, ether flow showed me very satisfying macroscopic dynamics and impacts now.
 
One tricky thing here is that dynamics was rather disappointing when just out of the box. As hours and days go, break ins seem to work to improve dynamics. Moreover, I also found dynamics are a bit differently presented in flow, which I have be accustomed to. Anyway I don't have any critical disappointment for dynamics, even after ABing with hd800s.
 
But I think Elear is a bit better in delivering dynamics, and flow is also slightly behind Utopia.

 

[Delayeed]

  What about dynamic punch? Is it better with Ether Flow? Compared to HD800S, I found that my Ether C lacks dynamic punch quite a lot, which is pretty much noticeable when I listened to classical music.

Agreed the Ether C lacks dynamics. Listening to Fleetwood Mac - Rumours album right now for the first time just now and I have to say this is INSANELY good. Instruments lack maybe tiny bit of meat and macro dynamics but oh my dear god... Everything is so seperated, transparent, clear and natural.

I remember my first time of hearing the Ether C and I was like "Oh my god this sounds so holographic." Now I think that is due to the way the Ether C presents dynamics. Lacks that maximum 0 and 100% but the dynamics in between are very good!

EQing a little sub bass in improves the dynamic impact nicely if you are willing to do that.

 

[emptymt]

  What about dynamic punch? Is it better with Ether Flow? Compared to HD800S, I found that my Ether C lacks dynamic punch quite a lot, which is pretty much noticeable when I listened to classical music.

I had the Ether Flow for about 2 weeks now, I can't compare directly to hd800s, but the dynamic is very good way better than the ETHER, definitely a big upgrade in this department.
idk about the C though

 

[tjl5709]

Looking for those who choose the  Ether C to Ether C Flow conversion. I need to maintain the isolation as that as why I went this route to begin with. What ya hearing?

 

[greenkiwi]

I'll be making that upgrade

 

[mscott58]

Same here!

 

[m8o]

Looking for those who choose the  Ether C to Ether C Flow conversion. I need to maintain the isolation as that as why I went this route to begin with. What ya hearing?

Haven't read a complaint.

They're in here. Just scan back over the pages.

 

[Delayeed]

  Looking for those who choose the  Ether C to Ether C Flow conversion. I need to maintain the isolation as that as why I went this route to begin with. What ya hearing?

Same isolation since the cups are the same with different pattern and the pads seal the same way.

 

[mscott58]

Same isolation since the cups are the same with different pattern and the pads seal the same way.

Plus you don't even have to change the cups during the upgrade if you don't want to...

 

[Bambule]

I'm just wondering why on the inner fidelity site the ether flow is in the category ear pad open, whereas the Elear or the Utopia is in category full size open? Isn't the ether over ear? I don't want them when they're sitting on my ears..

 

[eserafinojr]

Inner Fidelity isn't the end all be all source of headphone information. I wouldn't look too much into how they decide to categorize things.
 
Trust me the Ether is a full size over ear headphone... period.

 

[SearchOfSub]

Thanks. That means I don't have to think to myself "I wonder what's up with the Flow update? Gotta head over to Headfi and dig through that thread for new info..." 

Zachary 

Why don't you just check their website. I'm sure product info gets updated on their website (?).